Miss Hawkins (USA)
1888 – c. 1907
Billet (GB) x Lady Motley (USA), by Lexington (USA)
American Family 29
1888 – c. 1907
Billet (GB) x Lady Motley (USA), by Lexington (USA)
American Family 29
After drawing only two starters the year before, the Kentucky Oaks was cut from 12 furlongs to 10 in 1891. Six fillies went to the post, and Miss Hawkins was the 10-to-1 upset winner over a muddy strip. She did not particularly distinguish herself after her Oaks win and was not a successful broodmare.
Race record
Complete record unavailable. As complied by the Louisville Courier-Journal through the Kentucky Oaks, she had a record of 24 starts, 2 wins, 9 wins, and 4 thirds. She made at least seven starts after the Oaks, winning three, finishing third once, and running unplaced in three.
1890:
1891:
As an individual
A long-barreled bay mare with clean legs, Miss Hawkins stood 15.2 hands at the time of her Kentucky Oaks win. She was a good mover with a long stride.
As a producer
Miss Hawkins produced five named foals. None of her foals were of any importance as racers or producers.
Connections
Foaled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Miss Hawkins was bred by Colonel Ezekiel Clay and Colonel Catesby Woodford at their Runnymede Stud. She was owned by William G. and T. Hart Talbot, who did business as the Talbot Brothers and purchased the filly for US$1,500 as a yearling. She was trained by Will McDaniels. At the December 11 Bruce & Kidd sale at Lexington, she was purchased by Clay and Woodford for US$2,200.
Pedigree notes
Miss Hawkins' pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to Miss Motley, second dam of 1906 Brooklyn Handicap winner Tokalon. She is also a half sister to stakes winner Lucifer (by Leamington).
Lady Motley, the dam of Miss Hawkins, is a full sister to Georgia Bowman, dam of 1881 Kentucky Oaks winner Lucy May. The sisters were produced from Anna C. (by Glencoe), whose dam Polly C. was sired by Wagner. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of Diomed; according to Bloodlines.net, this matron was produced from a Thoroughbred mare owned by Colonel Lyles of Maryland.
Fun facts
Race record
Complete record unavailable. As complied by the Louisville Courier-Journal through the Kentucky Oaks, she had a record of 24 starts, 2 wins, 9 wins, and 4 thirds. She made at least seven starts after the Oaks, winning three, finishing third once, and running unplaced in three.
1890:
- 2nd Sanford Stakes (USA, 8FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Zoo Zoo Stakes (USA, 6FD, Latonia)
- 3rd Nantura Stakes (USA, 5FD, Lexington)
1891:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 10FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Twin City Oaks (USA, 9FD, Hamline)
- 2nd Ashland Oaks (USA, 8FD, Lexington)
- 2nd Saloon Keepers' Handicap (USA, 8FD, Lexington)
As an individual
A long-barreled bay mare with clean legs, Miss Hawkins stood 15.2 hands at the time of her Kentucky Oaks win. She was a good mover with a long stride.
As a producer
Miss Hawkins produced five named foals. None of her foals were of any importance as racers or producers.
Connections
Foaled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Miss Hawkins was bred by Colonel Ezekiel Clay and Colonel Catesby Woodford at their Runnymede Stud. She was owned by William G. and T. Hart Talbot, who did business as the Talbot Brothers and purchased the filly for US$1,500 as a yearling. She was trained by Will McDaniels. At the December 11 Bruce & Kidd sale at Lexington, she was purchased by Clay and Woodford for US$2,200.
Pedigree notes
Miss Hawkins' pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to Miss Motley, second dam of 1906 Brooklyn Handicap winner Tokalon. She is also a half sister to stakes winner Lucifer (by Leamington).
Lady Motley, the dam of Miss Hawkins, is a full sister to Georgia Bowman, dam of 1881 Kentucky Oaks winner Lucy May. The sisters were produced from Anna C. (by Glencoe), whose dam Polly C. was sired by Wagner. The female line traces back to an unnamed daughter of Diomed; according to Bloodlines.net, this matron was produced from a Thoroughbred mare owned by Colonel Lyles of Maryland.
Fun facts
- According to her owners, Miss Hawkins was named for “the prettiest woman in Kentucky.”
- Although Miss Hawkins failed to win a stakes race at 2, she did win an all-aged race for maidens at a mile at Washington Park on July 3, 1890, defeating older males.
- Miss Hawkins was the last of six Kentucky Oaks winners produced from daughters of Lexington, the most successful broodmare sire in the history of the race. The others were Lucy May (1881), Katie Creel (1882), Vera (1883), Lizzie Dwyer (1885) and Pure Rye (1886).